Jets ALS ice bucket challengeAt their last public practice in Cortland, N.Y., before breaking camp, the Jets were doused to raise awareness for ALS research. The team got an assist from a local fire department. (Video by Dom Cosentino/NJ.com)

"Any time you get issued a challenge by New England—we're going to accept that challenge," Ryan told reporters at his daily press conference afterward. "I think what's kind of lost in this a little bit—hopefully it isn't—is the recognition for ALS."

At his presser, Ryan made sure to mention ex-NFLers now suffering from ALS: O.J. Brigance, who played under Ryan when Ryan was a Ravens assistant, plus Steve Gleason and Kevin Turner.

As you can see in the video above, the Jets' challenge entry was a rather elaborate setup that included a crane-mounted fire hose supplied by the Cortlandville, N.Y., Fire Department. Wednesday was the team's last public training camp practice at SUNY Cortland. A team spokesman confirmed the Jets would also be making an undisclosed donation to an ALS charity.

First, a few rookies were doused with buckets of ice water, followed at the 1:50 mark by general manager John Idzik and head coach Rex Ryan. After that, the entire team got soaked by the Cortlandville FD's water hose, though more than a minute went by before the water started flowing. "The hell's going on," Ryan said at one point as he braced for the deluge.

But once the hose got turned on, if you look closely to the right of the screen, wide receiver Eric Decker covered himself with an ice bucket to keep from getting too wet.

Before they were all soaked, Idzik issued a challenge to the Mets, Yankees, and Seahawks. "They have what we want," he said of the Seahawks, the defending Super Bowl champs and Idzik's former employer. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll has already done it, but Idzik's challenge was clearly aimed at the whole team.

Ryan, for his part, laid down challenges to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie—"He's a big dude, not as big as he used to be," Ryan added—in addition to Ryan's wife, Michelle, and their two dogs, plus the Jets' cheerleaders. [Update (2:29 p.m.): Gov. Christie has already done the ice bucket challenge.]

"And the last challenge," Ryan said, raising his voice for emphasis, "is to the Browns. "And let the Browns take a page out of our playbook, if you will—play like a Brown, so to speak."

The playbook dig was a reference to Pettineghazi, which happened back in June when Browns head coach Mike Pettine—a former Jets defensive coordinator and longtime friend of Ryan—told a reporter the Patriots used to get hold of the Jets' playbook because Ryan used to give it out "like candy." For a day or two, it made for a dumb NFL summer story. Later Wednesday, Ryan assured reporters he and Pettine are still great friends, though he did make a joke about having to punch Pettine in the face.